10.3% ▼ -50.7%
Lower than 83% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Broadwater · State Electorate
Community Participation in Broadwater
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Broadwater than in the rest of the country. Just 10.3% of residents give their time to causes, which is well below the national figure. This reflects a sharp drop in local community involvement over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Broadwater have plummeted by 11 percentage points since 2011. Now, only 10.3% of people volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much less common here than across Australia, with 21.5% of people providing this care. Meanwhile, 21.4% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is about the same as the state average.
11.4% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.5% ▼ -30.6%
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -24.6%
Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
A higher share of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 3.6%, this is about the same as the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
3.6%
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Broadwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30006/broadwater/topic/community